I like Carrie E.A. Scott’s piece in the new edition of the online mag Visual Codec about the renewed vitality of Seattle’s art scene since the opening of the Tashiro-Kaplan building in Pioneer Square in 2004. (The lovely Ms. Scott also will weigh in on Trimpin in this week’s Stranger.)

She focuses on the latest artist-run gallery to open, Punch, which is definitely worth checking out. Its opening show last month included the complementary twisted natural-history drawings of Justin Gibbens and the odd-flora floor sculpture of Renee Adams, along with strong work by Jen Erickson and Lucas Martin. It was called Round One.

The bell sounds on Round Two during Artwalk Thursday, featuring sculpture by Howard Barlow, photo-based work by Justin Beckman and Michael Sherwin, and collage by Joanna Thomas.

Here’s Sherwin’s River Walk: